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The Vinted paradox: Consuming our way out of overconsumption

There are few pleasures quite like finding a jumper that sells for £70 new listed for £14, “worn twice” by someone in Leeds. It is cheaper, potentially more individual,...
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Can students still afford to choose?

There’s much about the experience of studying at Oxford that makes it truly unique...
Opinion Vanisha Karna -

I no longer want to be an astronaut

Just last week, OpenAI dropped 372 papers covering various well-known unsolved problems in mathematics and computer science. As someone in the unfortunate position of soon applying for a PhD in maths, it seems to be harder than ever to get one’s foot in the door. How can I, a bright-eyed but inexperienced undergraduate, compete with thousands of machines trawling through the sum of all human knowledge in parallel?
Opinion Zoë McGuire -

Politics must not serve as a barrier to education

As this article goes to print, Oxford University is missing two of its offer-holders. In a haunting echo of the trials faced by approximately 78 Palestinian students last academic year, several of whom held places at Oxford, two Sudanese doctors are unable to begin master’s courses at the University this October. This comes after the High Court dismissed their legal challenge to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s ‘emergency brake’ visa policy, which also affects applicants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, and Myanmar.
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The Fire this Time

Amaka Opara gives her reaction to the riots in Baltimore.

Is it OK to be mean to Tories?

Luke Barratt analyses the General Election backlash, and the backlash against the backlash

Interview: Bill Oddie

Elliot Langley talks wildlife, depression and the BBC with the ornithologist and TV presenter

Homelessness: a tragic and misunderstood reality

Luke Ames Blackaby considers the damaging misperceptions surrounding the homeless in Oxford.

Debate: Is Cuntry Living bad for feminism?

Louisa Manning and Niamh McIntyre debate the value of Oxford’s most influential feminist space

Interview: Vernon Bogdanor

David Cameron’s former tutor talks politics with Tom Carter

Life after the election: the birth of a new politics?

Harry Gosling argues that this election has fundamentally altered the nature of the political game.

Results: Cherwell General Election Survey

A C + poll puts Labour ahead by 7 points, though Conservatives lead in Oxford West & Abingdon

Why should Oxford students vote for your party?

Cherwell Investigations asks Oxford’s student political societies to defend their parties’ records and why they deserve your vote

Oxford East: no longer a Labour stronghold

Tom Barrie assesses the make-up of traditionally Labour Oxford East

General Election: What does the expert say?

Stephen Fisher, an Oxford Associate Professor of Political Sociology, looks at the key trends in this election

Has the Tories’ electoral mastermind delivered the goods?

Omar Rana considers whether Lynton Crosby has managed to work his magic for the Conservatives

Debate: Is it fair that Oxbridge has multiple teams on

Patrick Oisin Mulholland and Sara Semic debate whether Oxbridge should be allowed multiple teams on university challenge

The International Student

Marcello Nascimento gives an insight into the drama of contemporary Brazilian politics

Interviewing a robed warrior: Dinah Rose QC

Tom Foxton talks Prince Charles and cuts with the leading human rights barrister.

Migrant deaths should not be used as political capital

Amaka Opara argues that the accusations levelled at David Cameron by Ed Miliband were unacceptable

Oxford West and Abingdon: a key marginal?

Luke Barratt discusses whether Oxford West and Abingdon is as close as the candidates claim and gives a in-depth profile of the candidates running

A retort to ‘Sex, Drugs, and Taboo’

Will Brown criticises Millie McLuskie's article on prostitution in the Netherlands.

The West’s anti-Russia media campaign

Eliza Melkonyan on bias against Russia in the UK media
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